Official Cup

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Spectators: 183 (Terracing: 138, Seating: 42, VIP seats: 3) Ema City's José Carneiro started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After 4 played minutes Ema City's José Carneiro stole the ball from his opponents and shot the ball towards the upper left corner, but Zheng Chao stretched himself as far as he could, and stopped the ball from passing the line. robbing The Obscurials of the goal. 8 minutes into the match, The Obscurials's goalkeeper Zheng Chao had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by José Carneiro. In the 9th minute Adriano Ribeiro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bartosz Trzenzalski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. José Carneiro came free with the goalkeeper in the 16th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Zheng Chao could save by the left post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adriano Ribeiro in the 17th minute of play forced Ema City's goalkeeper Bartosz Trzenzalski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 20thth minute of the game José Carneiro who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but The Obscurials's Zheng Chao was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. If Selçuk Özgebay had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 29th minute of the game Matias Ginter made a throw-in which Adriano Ribeiro played forward. With a couple of smart ball manuevers José Carneiro in the 31st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Zheng Chao saved The Obscurials from getting behind. Stig Sandström made in the 34th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Adriano Ribeiro. After a rather tough play, The Obscurials's Fotis Kapiris got a free kick in the 34th minute. The audience was convinced that José Carneiro's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zheng Chao was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. Zheng Chao made a fantastic save in the 40th minute, when José Carneiro sent off a good shot on target. A sloppy throw-in by Matias Ginter in the 42nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Ema City's Witold Rybak. In the 43rd minute, Ema City's José Carneiro dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. 49 minutes into the game, José Carneiro cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Zheng Chao was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Adriano Ribeiro stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Ema City's Witold Rybak got a free kick in the 53rd minute. Adriano Ribeiro's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Bartosz Trzenzalski read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 60th minute of play. Bartosz Trzenzalski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adriano Ribeiro in the 62nd minute of the match. Ema City's Chen Yang Han quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Fotis Kapiris, made in the 65th minute of the game. Zheng Chao took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from José Carneiro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Zheng Chao showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from José Carneiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. Adriano Ribeiro could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 71st minute of the match, but Bartosz Trzenzalski made a huge save. 78 minutes into the game, Ema City's Edward Filipkowski nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Zheng Chao made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-0. Zheng Chao showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from José Carneiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. After 84 minutes The Obscurials's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Edward Filipkowski who took care of the corner kick. Bartosz Trzenzalski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Anders Westerstrand in the 90th minute. After some careless play in the Ema City defense, Lawrance Grandison kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bartosz Trzenzalski. The Ema City fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bartosz Trzenzalski should have stopped the shot. Ema City's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.